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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.94

তোমার দেহ কহেন প্রভু ‘মোর নিজ-ধন’ ।

তোমা-সম ভাগ্যবান্ নাহি কোন জন ॥ ৯৪ ॥

tomāra deha kahena prabhu ‘mora nija-dhana’

tomā-sama bhāgyavān nāhi kona jana

Translation

“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has accepted your body as His own property. Therefore no one can equal you in good fortune.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sanātana’s Body Belongs to the Lord

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has accepted Sanātana Gosvāmī’s body as His own property.

  2. 2

    Haridāsa Ṭhākura identifies this acceptance as the reason for Sanātana Gosvāmī’s great fortune.

  3. 3

    He says that no one can equal Sanātana Gosvāmī in this good fortune.

How it feels

Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.

The mood of Antya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

One day Sanātana Gosvāmī was summoned by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who wanted him to come to Yameśvara-ṭoṭā. Sanātana Gosvāmī reached the Lord through the path along the beach by the sea.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomāra dehayour body
  2. kahena prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says
  3. moraMy
  4. nija-dhanapersonal property
  5. tomā-samalike you
  6. bhāgyavānfortunate person
  7. nāhithere is not
  8. kona janaanyone
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together

    Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “haridāsa”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse change my view of using the body in the Lord’s service?

Practice

Use your hands today for one small act of service to the Lord.

Live this todaySanātana’s Body Belongs to the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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